Category Archives: Servers

Web: ownCloud Transactional file locking should be configured

Getting the following notice from your ownCloud administrator account setting page? Transactional file locking should be configured ownCloud have the capability of managing file/folder locking on its own, on top of the filesystem. This is a must-have feature especially for large, busy, multi-users servers, and especially when users use their account on multiple devices. You… Read More »

Linux : cPanel The service “imap” appears to be down

Encountering the following issue with Dovecot/IMAP service on your cPanel server lately? The service “imap” appears to be down Reason TCP Transaction Log: << * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE NAMESPACE LITERAL+ STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot ready. >> A001 LOGIN __cpanel__service__auth__imap__nJl5Hcz7gc9iiv1r V0TeDQVaynp8zl9g << * BYE Internal error occurred. Refer to server log… Read More »

Linux : How to show Apache memory usage and average process size

Here is an easy way to output in a single command the Apache memory usage and average process size : ps -ylC apache2 | awk ‘{x += $8;y += 1} END {print “Apache Memory Usage (MB): “x/1024; print “Average Proccess Size (MB): “x/((y-1)*1024)}’ This is particularly useful when you need to calculate proper process, max… Read More »

Linux : sar command return “Cannot open /var/log/sysstat/sa27: No such file or directory”

Attempting to use the SAR (sadc) command to lookup the historical system resources consumption metrics and got the following message? Cannot open /var/log/sysstat/sa27: No such file or directory Please check if data collecting is enabled Most likely data collecting is disabled (it is the default on several systems). You need to enable data collecting and… Read More »

Linux : phpMyAdmin – Error Incorrect format parameter

Having the following error while importing a MySQL dump? phpMyAdmin – Error Incorrect format parameter Have a look at the “upload_max_filesize” value in your “php.ini” parameters. Most of the time, the dump file you are trying to import exceed that limit. Increase the value as needed.